Improvement in corn-planters



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Letters' Patent No. 74,357, dated February 11, 1868. l

IllZiIROlTEllillElNT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

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vTo ALL wHoM IT MAY coNcERN:

Be it known that I, CURRAN W. -HENKLE, of Washington Court-House, in the county of Fayette, and State of Ohiofhave invented a new and improved Corn-Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enablethose skilled in the art to make and use the same, refer- 'ence beinghad to tho accompanyingidrawings forming part of this specification. Y

This invention relates 'to a new and improved device for planting corn, and of that `class in which the corn is dropped by adirect manipulation ofthe operator as the device is drawn along. I

' The invention consists in a peculiar construction and operation oi' the parts, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby a very durable and economical device for the purpose specified is obtained, andone which maybe manipulated with the greatest facility. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention. i Figure-2, a plan or top view of the same.

Figure 3, a .detached side sectional view of the lower part of the hopper and the metallic box connected therewith.

Figure 4, a plan or top view of iig. 3.

' Figure 5 a side sectional View of amo'diiication of the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a beam, which has two handles, BMB, attached, supported near their outer ends by uprights, a a. This beam has a plough, of proper construction, attached, as shown in red in fig. 1. The bea-m Ahas a mortise, 6, made in it, extending entirely through, in a vertical direction, and in this mortise there is fitted a east-ironhox, C, open at top and bottom, and having, at its Aupper surface, and cast with it, a socket, c, which forms the bottom of a hopper, shown in red in figs. l, 2, and 3.' This socket or metallic bottom is internally a section of a hollow sphere, except at its rear side, where there is a vertical part to which a cnt-oit` brush, d, is

attached by means of a clamp, composed of a plate, e, and two screws,ff. The bottom of this socket e has a y slot in it, to expose the upper partei` the 'peripheryof the distributing-wheel D, (see figs. 1, 3, and 5.) This distributing-wheelmay also be of cast iron, and it has a Aseed-cell, g, made in its periphery, and said wheel V`is lighter at one side than at the other, in consequence of an opening, L, being left in it in casting, (see figs. 1

and 3.) One end of this opening h, it will be seen, is opposite the seed-cell g. The wheel D is fitted and works upon an axis, 'LX which passes transversely through the box C, and it has a rod, z', attached to itjust below the.

cell g, said rod extendingupward -to a hand-,leven E, 'which is attached to the right handle B ofthe device, the vlever having a. spring, F, connected to it by a rod, j, which spring has a tendency to keep the front end of the lever E drawn downward, and vtheseel-cell'g outward from and at the rear of the cast-iron bottom c of the hopper, as .will be fully understood by referring to iig. 1. A

i As the device is drawn along, the outer end of the hand-*lever E, whenever a dropping is to be made,-is pressed down by the operator, and the wheel D thereby turned in the direction indicated by the arrow 1, so that the cell g will enter the bottom c of the hopper, and'become llcd with seed, said wheel, as the hand-lever E is relelased, turning in an opposite direction, as indicated by arrow 2, under the iniuen'ce of the spring F and the heavysde ofthe wheel D, the cell g, during this movement of the wheel, passing out from the bottom, C, under thebrush d, which cuts the seed off from the cell, the seed being discharged from the latter as it reaches the termination of its backward movement.

In iig. 5 the opening i. is shown in a diiferent part oi' the wheel, to wit, directly under the cell g, and the rod i is attached to the wheel at a point on its periphery directly opposite to where the seed-cell g is located.

This arrangement is for discharging the seed in front oi. the hopper, instead of at'the rear, the bx C being4 reversed in position. The principle of operation, however, is the same in both eases.

The cast-iron box C, and the metallic bottom c ofthe hopper, rendor the device very strong and durable, reduce the cost of construction, and admit of the distributing-wheel operating with certainty.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl 1. The metallic box C and bottom c for the hopper, iitted in the beam A, the box and bottom being both cast in one piece, and all` arranged to operate in the mannersubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. lThe idistributin'g-wheel D, provided with the seed-cell lq,'and slot or` opening L, all arranged to operate substantially in the manner as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The cut-oit` brush al, applied or secured within the metal bottom e, to operate in the manner substantially as and for the purposel speciiied.

OURRAN W. IIENKLE.

Witnesses: i Dinius WATERS,

W. J. BLooMER. 

